Khon Kaen, Thailand – The Don Lak Dam Community in Khon Kaen Province, the northeast region of Thailand has 43 households. The community is a member of the Assembly of the Poor (AOP), a grassroots movement of peasants, the indigenous peoples, the traditional fisherfolks, the forest-dependent peasants and workers. AOP members of Don Lak Dam […]
The youth are the future of farming and food security. However, more and more young people from rural areas are choosing to move to urban centers to look for other employment outside the agriculture sector. Based on a study conducted by the Lao Farmer Network (LFN) on youth in agriculture, young farmers will continue tending […]
Forty-eight-year-old Jamuna Das owns one bigha land at Monachitura Village in Birbhum. When her husband was alive, this land was just lying idle and not being used for cropping. After her husband’s demise in 2001, Jamuna joined IMSE Mahila Samiti. Her son and daughter were living with her then and it was challenging for her […]